HT Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Dec 21: Green Bodoland Mission (GBM) director Manaranjan Das on Saturday announced the decision to adopt Mothambil village along with the Raimona National Park under the Gossaigaon subdivision in Kokrajhar.
Mission director of GBM, Manaranjan Das said that the Mothambil village has been declared as one of adopted village of the ten villages under the Green Bodoland Mission which would be green and beautification in all aspects with planting multiple seedlings of the trees along the village.
“The GBM has initiated the mission with planting multiple seedlings of plants across the Bodoland region and the mission received a good response from the citizens of the region and we were able to plant more than 1.2 lakh seedlings in last four months so far,” Das said.
Das mentioned that the villagers from the Mothambil coming forward to extend their full cooperation in this venture to make green Bodoland.
He opined that the GBM is a flagship programme of BTR government under the leadership of Pramod Boro, the chief executive member of BTR while making a green, smart and peaceful Bodoland.
“Since the launched of GBM, 258 youth clubs were engaged in the plantation drive across the region and ten villages were adopted by the GBM initiative. The GBM has also emphasised to make plastic free village amongst the citizens to attract the tourist in days to come through the Green Bodoland Mission initiative,” Das added.
Notably, the Mothambil village is consisting of over 260 families, comprising of different communities like Bodo, Santhali, Oraon.
Under the Green Bodoland Mission, the village witnessed a planting of saplings in the community land, forest land, village land areas that leading to make healthy natural environment amongst the citizens in days to come ahead.
“The GBM has been working dedicatedly towards the building up for bringing sustainable green, smart and peaceful Bodoland under the dynamic leadership of Pramod Boro, the chief executive member of Bodoland Territorial Region,” Das concluded.
Mission Director of Green Bodoland Mission, Manaranjan Das, UPPL media secretary, Hantigiri Narzary and many other members from NGOs like Midway Journey were prominent attendees in the event.